Iceborne Monsters weak to pierce [HBG]?

[THERAPY AVOIDER]

Just wondering which new iceborne monsters are good to use pierce [HBG] against and which would be tedious as ♥♥♥♥ to try to use it against
Thanks

[Xilo The Odd]

well the best way to find out, looks at the field guides and look for what parts of a monster take decent bullet damage and where.

from there its connect the hitboxes and firing the pierce shot so it connects those hitboxes within its travel time.

long or wide targets are best. the absolute WORST target, is kirin.

[yahh]

once i got iceborne first thing i worked on crafting was the viper kadachi HBG and i used pierce 3 all the way to guiding lands. If hunting solo use shield palico gadget so you can reposition and get good damage

[パンダ（Φ ᆺ Φ）]

SavageJho and Shara Ishvalda's rock form are the two best monster to use pierce ammo against with Seething Bazelgeuse in decent place, for the worst maybe Rajang and Ebony Odogaron because they are too quick

[Crusader]

Jho, vaal, shara, diablos / black diablos that’s about all. And maybe bazel too.

[River Victor]

Piece Shots are great against long bois.

Radobaan, looong shaft you can stare down with your Power Barrel.

Uragaan, again loooong shaft.

Joe, looong shaft. You can reach the heart easily without getting near. Just tenderize the mid-section, which is very easy to do, as the mid section is almost over used as a hitbox. The damage for Pierce 3 on Joe is on par with Spread 3, and Spread 3 will have to try harder to get to it.

Seething Pinecones is one gigantic weak spot. Tenderize two or three parts, especially the tail and the head and shoot through. TickTickTickTickTickTickTick. So many ticks in gold numbers.

Blos/Black Blos. You don't want to chase them because they're all over the place. If you're lugging Spread 3, you will have a very difficult time chasing them to shoot. So nope. Shoot Pierce head to tail or wing to wing.

Work to a lesser degree:

Tiggy/Black Tiggy, wing to wing. Head to tail possible but you can't really just stand there and shoot down the face, as they charge a lot

Barioth, wing to wing

Narga, wing to wing or up the tail. Tail is a major weak spot once tenderized, but the problem it that it rarely presents you the tail for gunners. You have to catch it while slamming the tail and watch for the double slam. Second best direction is wing to wing or head to tail, but tail up is the best.

[Catpocalypse]

Make a set with wex and one without, and you're good to go on all monsters minus the small ones like kulu. The set with wex I use on monsters with fat juicy hitzones, the ones without I use the other, about 80% affinity + whatever agitator gives me. It works well.

[Kremlibot]

Pierce works pretty decent against nerg, and namielle as well, if you soften.

[W+M1 Pyro]

its great on everything minus slime monsters like odoggo and legiana. you will have to learn positioning yourself so that your bullets pierce through the entirety of a monster body, like head to tail, wing to wing, leg to leg. this of course while taking into account a monster weak spot.

ballistic is a mandatory skill so throw a ballistic jew in your build or get 2 piece of rajang armor. power barrel mod is also mandatory as it makes your bullets travel at a slower speed and this will give out more hits per ammo whatever is the target (u can try it in the training area on the tree, without power barrel a lvl3 pierce hits 3 times, with it is 4; big dps gaiz).

[River Victor]

Originally posted by Ragnar Blackbeard:

throw a ballistic jew in

A Ballistic Jew sounds very dangerous.

[THERAPY AVOIDER]

Thanks for the feedback, lads, I appreciate it.

[Nights]

pierce 3 works fine agasint everything. it just wont be the strongest weapon vs everything

[Dome, Digga.]

Originally posted by Darkest Star:

pierce 3 works fine agasint everything. it just wont be the strongest weapon vs everything

that would be spread.

Edit: And to finish the list after the updates:
Zinogre/Styg, Alatreon, Safi and Kulve.